This community engagement leader is joining our team to build and coach Chicago Documenters.
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Community members and a small batch of job experts join City Bureau in networking and sharing career resources for young adults.
A new study compares Grand Rapids Documenters’ notes with official city meeting minutes, showing how our approach to note taking is actively making local government more accessible, transparent, and community-focused.
More than 4,500 Documenters have earned a collective $1 million for their civic participation, and we’re just getting started.
We’re kicking off our 9th year of City Bureau’s Documenters Network by welcoming two new newsrooms in two new states into our growing community of participatory civic media.
From Detroit to Los Angeles, Documenters are helping people track public spending, fight misinformation, and bring overlooked local issues into the spotlight.
This pastor turned policy advocate is joining our team to build pathways from civic learning to action
This Egyptologist is joining our team to support and equip sites across the Documenters Network.
This former Documenter is joining our team to support and grow sites across the Documenters Network.
City Bureau and Cook County announce the inaugural recipients of the Digital Equity IMPACT Small Grants Program
Calling it as we see it!
The city’s money nightmare before — and after? — Christmas.
This Idaho-based innovation strategist is joining our team to drive user-centered product design that can be of service to City Bureau’s communities
City Bureau partners with Cook County to launch the Digital Equity IMPACT Small Grants Program.
City Bureau’s Documenters Network is launching new sites in Ohio, California, Texas, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania!
This human-centered design expert joins our team to improve our systems and create infrastructure that supports our work.
Documenters surveyed neighbors, siblings and co-workers about the last time the Democratic National Convention was in Chicago and found striking similarities to the present day.
Our programs equip people with skills and connections rooted in Chicago and beyond
Ahmad Sayles and Bill Garcia are the first Chicago Documenters to reach their 100th assignment covering local public meetings. We asked them to reflect on the past five years.
Since 2018, we’ve equipped a thousand people with the tools of journalism to demystify local government processes. Read about our favorite civic side hustle, what we’ve learned and where we’re headed next.